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Musical Story (1940)

Musical Story poster
Original title
Музыкальная история
Directed by
Aleksandr Ivanovsky
Genre
comedy film, musical film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A love story unfolds among characters who sing opera music. Classic opera tunes from Carmen, Eugene Onegin, and other works carry the plot in this 1940 Soviet comedy.

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What happens

Musical Story (Russian: Музыкальная история, romanized: Muzykalnaja istorija) is a 1940 Soviet musical comedy film directed by Aleksandr Ivanovsky and Gerbert Rappaport. The film told a love story with the music of five operas: Bizet's Carmen, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Rimsky-Korsakov's May Night, Borodin's Prince Igor and Flotow's Martha. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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